The Black Tides

Territory

• Nomads, when they visit they tend to haven in the New York Harbors

Members

Ductus

Captain Isabella “Black Tempest” De Leon

• Clan: Lasombra
• Position: Ductus
• Faction: Crismon Horde
• Status: 3 (Positional), 5 (Reputational)
• Background: Born in 1782 to a wealthy merchant family in Cadiz, Spain, Isabella De Leon grew up amidst tales of seafaring adventures and naval battles. She defied societal expectations, sneaking aboard her father’s ships and learning the art of navigation, swordplay, and commerce. Her rebellious nature found its outlet when her family’s fleet was destroyed by pirates, leaving her family destitute. Harboring a thirst for revenge and freedom, she turned to piracy herself, quickly earning a reputation as a cunning and ruthless captain.

Isabella’s exploits drew the attention of a Lasombra Cainite named Alejandro Vargas, who admired her ferocity and control over her crew. Seeing potential in her mastery of leadership and her defiance of societal norms, Alejandro Embraced Isabella in 1812 after a brutal storm claimed her ship. Emerging from the Abyss itself, she felt reborn as a predator of the night and found new meaning in the Sabbat’s ideals. Her hunger for dominance and chaos aligned perfectly with the sect’s philosophy, and she quickly rose through the ranks, mastering the art of Obtenebration to strike terror into her enemies.

Over the centuries, Isabella adapted to changing times. By World War II, she commandeered a German U-boat during a daring raid, her pack slaughtering the vessel’s crew and converting the submersible into a Sabbat warship. Renaming it The Abyssal Wraith, she and her nomadic pack carved a reputation as terrorizers of the seas, using their vessel to raid Camarilla-controlled coastal cities, hijack shipping lanes, and spread chaos in the name of Caine.

The Abyssal Wraith frequently surfaces near New York City, a hub of Sabbat activity and opportunity. Isabella trades illicit goods, recruits new blood, and gathers intelligence on Camarilla movements. Hell’s Kitchen serves as a favored port, where she meets with allies and plots daring raids. Isabella has a strained alliance with Sabbat leaders in the city, as her unpredictable nature and nomadic ways sometimes clash with their territorial ambitions.

Pack Priest

Christian Bryce

• Clan: Lasombra
• Position: Pack Priest, Paladin
• Faction: Ultra-Conservative (Lieutenant)
• Status: 6 (Positional), 5 (Reputational)
• Background: Christian has been the longest running Paladin to Cardinal Polonia since his ascension. Polonia often sends Christian out on missions within the whole of the Northeast as necessary. Christian is a no nonsense Lasombra who takes his missions and duty with the utmost intensity. A born native to New York, his love of the city seconds only to Polonia himself. He has no time for normal Sabbat Bravado and has rumored to challenge and kill many "Free Sabbat" in Momonacy who stand in the way of his missions. Some members of the sect claim Christian is a brooddmate of Talley the Hand. However, Talley enjoys his work with sick satisfaction; Christian simply seeks to get the job done before moving to the next task at hand. Sabbat who interact with Christian have come to learn he is not tolerant of normal sabbat antics and will happily beat any who challenge him into submission.

Abbott

Lorenzo Salazar

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• Clan: Nosferatu antitribu
• Position: Abbott, Paladin
• Faction: Ultra-Conservative (Lieutenant)
• Status: 5 (Positional), 5 (Reputational)
• Background: Another one of Polonia's Loyal Paladin's; Lorenzo is not often seen as the muscle of the Cardinal. Lorenzo's specialty is information. He is seen as something of the head of the Nosferatu Antitribu in the city. He moves in the shadows making deals with nearly any vampire for information that be of use to his Cardinal. While not a native to New York in Life; Lorenzo has made the city his home for over a century. When interacting with other members of the Sabbat, he presents the more political side to Polonia's office. It is even rumored he has direct connections to Calebros of the Nosferatu himself.

Other Members

Lupo

• Clan: City Gangrel
• Position: Paladin
• Faction: Ultra-Conservative (Lieutenant)
• Status: 5 (Positional), 5 (Reputational)
• Background: Some Sabbat wonder if Lupo is one of the infamous Abominations. His temper is legendary and he appears more wolf than man anymore. When Polonia needs something killed; he sends Lupo. For his part, Lupo loves to hunt and kill then anything else. He is a simple if not bestial vampire. His personality is either grunts or a few words at best. He is often seen only at the moment something dies. Who or what Lupo was in life is anyone's guess. As long as the Cardinal keeps him entertained with new things to hunt and kill; Lupo seems more then happy to keep working for the Cardinal.

Don Medina Sidonia

• Clan: Lasombra
• Position: Priscus
• Faction: Status Quo (Brother)
• Status: 5 (Positional), 5 (Reputational)
• Background: In his unlife, the former duke of Medina Sidonia quickly proved himself a brilliant tactician, determined to erase the shame from his defeat in the Channel. His great success as a Lasombra granted his sire ascension into the ranks of Les Amies Noir and himself great prestige for war efforts coordinated by him from New York to Manila.

The Don has maintained his hatred against Britain and strives to see its destruction. He also has a grudge against a Ventrue named Parma, who was a former mercenary who deserted the Armada and joined the British.

Goratrice

• Clan: Tremere
• Position: Sister
• Faction: Occult Underground
• Status: 1 (Positional), 1 (Reputational)
• Background: In 1999 the elder Tremere and legendary traitor Goratrix saw a vision, a warning, of his own death. Growing ever paranoid Goratrix devised a contingency plan should his visions prove right. Using the potent thaumaturgical ritual, Asymmetrical Reproduction, and combining it with potent Thaumaturgy ritual he created the first clone of himself. The result was born from a vat of mystical blood and tass. Thus, Goratrice was born. Due to the efforts of the Sabbat of New York, Goratice's entire destiny and purpose changed. She shifted from an obsession with consuming Goratrix to being free for the first time. This oddity of the world of darkness, and potent elder, was inducted into the Sword of Caine and quickly taken by Cardinal Polonia into his pack and oversight.